FAIRFIELD (BCN) – Police in Fairfield red-tagged a commercial building and a residence last week for being too dangerous for occupation or habitation after more than 1,500 marijuana plants were discovered being grown illegally inside the two buildings.

Officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Bell Avenue at about 7:15 am last Friday regarding a suspicious incident and possible burglary. Once on scene, major damage to a roll-up garage door was detected and the front door to the building was ajar. Inside during a search, police found multiple rooms filled with more than 900 marijuana plants, grow lights, illegal and exposed electrical wiring modified plumbing, ventilation systems and unknown chemicals.

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No one was located inside the commercial building.

Illegal marijuana growing operation found in Fairfield in March 2022. (Fairfield Police Department)

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During the early morning hours of last Saturday, police were dispatched to the 3000 block of Dover Avenue following up on a report of a residential burglary in progress and gunfire being exchanged. When officers arrived, they found the front door pried open, broken glass and the front door riddled with bullet holes. During the investigation, more than 600 marijuana plants were found inside along with firearms, grow lights, illegal and exposed electrical wiring ventilation systems and unknown chemicals.

There have been no arrests.

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The San Francisco Business Times first reported that at least three stores in downtown San Francisco will be closed for good by mid-January — the CVS locations at 731 Market St. by the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 351 California St. by the Embarcadero Center mall and 581 Market St. by the Montgomery BART station. The latter branch will be closed by Jan 7, the Business Times reports, while the other two will be shut down Jan 15.

A CVS spokesperson confirmed to SFGATE that another three will be shuttered in January, as well — the locations on 2025 Van Ness Ave. by House of Prime Rib, 500 Pine St. near St. Mary’s Square, and 400 Sutter St. by Union Square. The latter two locations are set to close by Jan 22, while the Van Ness location will shut down on Jan 8.

“Maintaining access to pharmacy services in underserved communities is an important factor we consider when making store closure decisions,” CVS spokesperson Monica Prinzing told SFGATE in a statement. “Other factors include local market dynamics, population shifts, a community’s store density, and ensuring there are other geographic access points to meet the needs of the community.”

These closures were expected: CVS announced in November it was planning on shuttering 900 stores nationwide as part of a move to refocus its in-person retail experience and consolidate existing stores.

CNN reported in November that the closures were due to “too many overlapping locations” and a subpar in-person shopping experience. There may be more closing down throughout the year; Currently, San Francisco has 17 standalone CVS branches.

While the concerns over retail theft loom large, it does not appear as if an upswing in viral thefts has much to do with these closures, despite competitor Walgreens attributing its closing of San Francisco shops to retail theft.

A CVS spokesperson declined to comment to SFGATE in November about retail theft in San Francisco specifically, instead commenting about the phenomenon writ large.

“Organized Retail Crime has been a challenge to the retail industry for many years, and it has been exacerbated during the pandemic and through the growth of online commerce,” said CVS spokesperson Mike DeAngelis in a statement to SFGATE.

Prescriptions filled at the 581 Market St., 351 California St. and 500 Pine St. locations will be transferred to the 601 Mission St. location, 731 Market St. prescriptions will move to the 789 Mission St. location, 2025 Van Ness Ave. Prescriptions will move to the 2675 Geary Blvd. location and 400 Sutter St. prescriptions will move to the 1059 Hyde St. location.

All employees, Prinzing said, will be offered “comparable roles” at these new locations.

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Stacker compiled a list of metros that are sending the most people to Fresno, CA Metro Area using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Metros are ranked by the estimated number of people who moved to Fresno from the metro between 2015 and 2019. Ties were broken by gross migration.

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#50. Jacksonville, NC Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Jacksonville in 2015-2019: 64 (#80 most common destination from Jacksonville)
– Migration from Fresno to Jacksonville: 57 (#59 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 7 to Fresno

#49. Carson City, NV Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Carson City in 2015-2019: 68 (#9 most common destination from Carson City)
– Migration from Fresno to Carson City: 0 (#171 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 68 to Fresno

#48. Billings, MT Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Billings in 2015-2019: 68 (#20 most common destination from Billings)
– Migration from Fresno to Billings: 4 (#139 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 64 to Fresno

#47. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Allentown in 2015-2019: 70 (#67 most common destination from Allentown)
– Migration from Fresno to Allentown: 0 (#171 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 70 to Fresno

#46. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Durham in 2015-2019: 76 (#67 most common destination from Durham)
– Migration from Fresno to Durham: 5 (#136 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 71 to Fresno

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#45. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Orlando in 2015-2019: 81 (#127 most common destination from Orlando)
– Migration from Fresno to Orlando: 0 (#171 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 81 to Fresno

#44. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Philadelphia in 2015-2019: 88 (#163 most common destination from Philadelphia)
– Migration from Fresno to Philadelphia: 30 (#81 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 58 to Fresno

#43. Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Colorado Springs in 2015-2019: 92 (#100 most common destination from Colorado Springs)
– Migration from Fresno to Colorado Springs: 16 (#106 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 76 to Fresno

#42. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Boston in 2015-2019: 92 (#138 most common destination from Boston)
– Migration from Fresno to Boston: 27 (#85 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 65 to Fresno

#41. El Centro, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from El Centro in 2015-2019: 97 (#13 most common destination from El Centro)
– Migration from Fresno to El Centro: 505 (#15 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 408 to El Centro

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#40. Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Columbus in 2015-2019: 106 (#45 most common destination from Columbus)
– Migration from Fresno to Columbus: 12 (#113 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 94 to Fresno

#39. Albuquerque, NM Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Albuquerque in 2015-2019: 107 (#69 most common destination from Albuquerque)
– Migration from Fresno to Albuquerque: 56 (#62 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 51 to Fresno

#38. Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Olympia in 2015-2019: 111 (#30 most common destination from Olympia)
– Migration from Fresno to Olympia: 0 (#171 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 111 to Fresno

#37. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Santa Cruz in 2015-2019: 120 (#24 most common destination from Santa Cruz)
– Migration from Fresno to Santa Cruz: 170 (#29 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 50 to Santa Cruz

#36. Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Oklahoma City in 2015-2019: 122 (#63 most common destination from Oklahoma City)
– Migration from Fresno to Oklahoma City: 0 (#171 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 122 to Fresno

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#35. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Santa Maria in 2015-2019: 124 (#31 most common destination from Santa Maria)
– Migration from Fresno to Santa Maria: 227 (#26 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 103 to Santa Maria

#34. Vallejo, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Vallejo in 2015-2019: 126 (#33 most common destination from Vallejo)
– Migration from Fresno to Vallejo: 237 (#23 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 111 to Vallejo

#33. Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Kansas City in 2015-2019: 133 (#86 most common destination from Kansas City)
– Migration from Fresno to Kansas City: 104 (#38 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 29 to Fresno

#32. Reno, NV Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Reno in 2015-2019: 139 (#25 most common destination from Reno)
– Migration from Fresno to Reno: 139 (#34 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 0 to Fresno

#31. Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Virginia Beach in 2015-2019: 140 (#103 most common destination from Virginia Beach)
– Migration from Fresno to Virginia Beach: 124 (#36 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 16 to Fresno

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#30. Redding, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Redding in 2015-2019: 144 (#13 most common destination from Redding)
– Migration from Fresno to Redding: 49 (#65 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 95 to Fresno

#29. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from San Antonio in 2015-2019: 152 (#91 most common destination from San Antonio)
– Migration from Fresno to San Antonio: 0 (#171 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 152 to Fresno

#28. Medford, OR Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Medford in 2015-2019: 165 (#11 most common destination from Medford)
– Migration from Fresno to Medford: 228 (#25 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 63 to Medford

#27. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Chicago in 2015-2019: 167 (#179 most common destination from Chicago)
– Migration from Fresno to Chicago: 312 (#21 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 145 to Chicago

#26. Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Salt Lake City in 2015-2019: 168 (#49 most common destination from Salt Lake City)
– Migration from Fresno to Salt Lake City: 78 (#48 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 90 to Fresno

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#25. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from New York in 2015-2019: 174 (#189 most common destination from New York)
– Migration from Fresno to New York: 42 (#71 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 132 to Fresno

#24. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Dallas in 2015-2019: 175 (#139 most common destination from Dallas)
– Migration from Fresno to Dallas: 94 (#41 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 81 to Fresno

#23. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Portland in 2015-2019: 177 (#79 most common destination from Portland)
– Migration from Fresno to Portland: 427 (#17 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 250 to Portland

#22. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Atlanta in 2015-2019: 196 (#136 most common destination from Atlanta)
– Migration from Fresno to Atlanta: 192 (#28 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 4 to Fresno

#21. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Phoenix in 2015-2019: 244 (#88 most common destination from Phoenix)
– Migration from Fresno to Phoenix: 382 (#19 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 138 to Phoenix

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#20. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Houston in 2015-2019: 266 (#101 most common destination from Houston)
– Migration from Fresno to Houston: 59 (#57 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 207 to Fresno

#19. Chico, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Chico in 2015-2019: 267 (#9 most common destination from Chico)
– Migration from Fresno to Chico: 99 (#40 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 168 to Fresno

#18. Modesto, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Modesto in 2015-2019: 316 (#10 most common destination from Modesto)
– Migration from Fresno to Modesto: 346 (#20 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 30 to Modesto

#17. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Las Vegas in 2015-2019: 356 (#48 most common destination from Las Vegas)
– Migration from Fresno to Las Vegas: 569 (#13 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 213 to Las Vegas

#16. Stockton, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Stockton in 2015-2019: 400 (#15 most common destination from Stockton)
– Migration from Fresno to Stockton: 637 (#12 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 237 to Stockton

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#15. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Seattle in 2015-2019: 452 (#60 most common destination from Seattle)
– Migration from Fresno to Seattle: 417 (#18 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 35 to Fresno

#14. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from San Luis Obispo in 2015-2019: 461 (#8 most common destination from San Luis Obispo)
– Migration from Fresno to San Luis Obispo: 665 (#10 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 204 to San Luis Obispo

#13. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Washington in 2015-2019: 501 (#90 most common destination from Washington)
– Migration from Fresno to Washington: 84 (#46 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 417 to Fresno

#12. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from San Diego in 2015-2019: 583 (#51 most common destination from San Diego)
– Migration from Fresno to San Diego: 646 (#11 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 63 to San Diego

#11. Salinas, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Salinas in 2015-2019: 718 (#6 most common destination from Salinas)
– Migration from Fresno to Salinas: 701 (#9 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 17 to Fresno

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#10. Merced, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Merced in 2015-2019: 746 (#4 most common destination from Merced)
– Migration from Fresno to Merced: 460 (#16 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 286 to Fresno

#9. Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Hanford in 2015-2019: 786 (#2 most common destination from Hanford)
– Migration from Fresno to Hanford: 1,488 (#6 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 702 to Hanford

#8. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from San Jose in 2015-2019: 921 (#21 most common destination from San Jose)
– Migration from Fresno to San Jose: 542 (#14 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 379 to Fresno

#7. Bakersfield, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Bakersfield in 2015-2019: 1,246 (#4 most common destination from Bakersfield)
– Migration from Fresno to Bakersfield: 1,527 (#5 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 281 to Bakersfield

#6. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Riverside in 2015-2019: 1,558 (#13 most common destination from Riverside)
– Migration from Fresno to Riverside: 772 (#8 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 786 to Fresno

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#5. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Sacramento in 2015-2019: 1,859 (#10 most common destination from Sacramento)
– Migration from Fresno to Sacramento: 1,417 (#7 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 442 to Fresno

#4. Visalia, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Visalia in 2015-2019: 2,139 (#1 most common destination from Visalia)
– Migration from Fresno to Visalia: 1,915 (#3 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 224 to Fresno

#3. San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from San Francisco in 2015-2019: 2,343 (#23 most common destination from San Francisco)
– Migration from Fresno to San Francisco: 1,763 (#4 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 580 to Fresno

#2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Los Angeles in 2015-2019: 2,647 (#23 most common destination from Los Angeles)
– Migration from Fresno to Los Angeles: 2,228 (#1 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 419 to Fresno

#1. Madera, CA Metro Area

– Migration to Fresno from Madera in 2015-2019: 2,805 (#1 most common destination from Madera)
– Migration from Fresno to Madera: 2,009 (#2 most common destination from Fresno)
– Net migration: 796 to Fresno

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Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. has announced that it will close five Walgreens stores in San Francisco in response to the rise in organized retail crime.

Walgreens says it will bring recipes and workers from the closed stores to nearby locations. Recipes are posted in shops within a mile of the hotel.

“Retail theft at our San Francisco stores has continued to increase five times our chain average in recent months,” the company said in a statement.

“To combat this problem, we have increased our investment in security measures in stores across the city over this period to 46 times our chain average to create a safe environment.”

Target Corp. TGT, +1.50%, cut hours at its five San Francisco locations this summer due to the increase in theft.

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Video of a man stealing from one of the San Francisco Walgreens WBA, -3.64% locations and then going out of business on a bike went viral earlier this year.

Rachel Michelin, president and chief executive officer of the California Retailers Association, told MarketWatch this summer that organized retail crime has been an issue in the state for years.

Walgreens says it will close its stores between November 8th and 17th. Patients do not need to take any action to postpone their prescriptions.

Walgreens stock is up 27.4% over the year to date, while the benchmark S&P 500 SPX is up + 0.75% over the period, up 18%.

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PROVIDENCE, RI (WPRI) – Rhode Island has signed a contract with Salesforce.com to develop a mobile app that connects COVID-19 patients to services and helps public health officials track their contacts, locations and symptoms, according to a target 12 review of the deal.

The agreement with the San Francisco-based software company – entered into through a reseller company called Carahsoft Technology Corp. – Provides insight into how the state is trying to automate its current system of delivering services, scheduling tests, and finding people who may be contracting the disease from the infected, a response tactic known as “contact tracing” is.

“We’re taking a paper-based system and replacing it with a more efficient one,” wrote Health Ministry spokesman Joseph Wendelken in an email. “We have to do that because the response has become so great.”

Rhode Island began contact tracing for COVID-19 when the first positive case was announced on March 1st. As of Saturday, positive cases had grown to 2,349 and the number has been trending upward faster as testing became more widely available.

When someone tests positive for the disease, Ministry of Health officials collect information about those people’s travel history and who they’ve interacted with. After collecting the personal information, health authorities try to contact these contacts to determine if testing or quarantine is required.

The Salesforce agreement marks a major shift from the state’s personal strategy to an application-based program managed by a third-party vendor.

The app-based program is designed to make the process more efficient, but the idea of ​​automating contact tracing using cell phones – a strategy already being used in other countries – has won over advocates of civil liberty, including Jennifer Sista Granick and Jay Stanley of the American Union for Civil Liberties.

“Policymakers need to have a realistic understanding of what the data generated by cell phones can and cannot do,” write Granick and Stanley in a white paper entitled “The Limits of Tracking in an Epidemic.”

“As always, there is a risk that a simplified understanding of how technology works can result in investments that are of little use or even counterproductive and invade privacy for no real benefit,” they added.

Salesforce has signed a six-month contract to set up and provide free support for the program and app. The estimated value of the work according to the contract is $ 280,486. And while Salesforce, the Department of Health, and the state IT team continue to sort out the details, the overall goal is relatively simple.

“The state of Rhode Island has hired Salesforce to support its COVID-19 response management activities and enable a nationwide system for ubiquitous testing, contact tracing and effective quarantine,” Salesforce representatives wrote in the contract. “The aim is to reduce infections by preventing exposed people from spreading COVID-19.”

Based on the contract, the app will provide public health officials with digital tools to monitor patient symptoms and track down contacts. The effort is made possible through interviews, gathering of contact information, and gathering of “related organizational and location information” as per the deal.

On the support side, the app will help people schedule tests and give people in quarantine and isolation access to services such as food delivery and telemedicine, Governor Gina Raimondo explained in one of her daily news stories last week.

The platform could also help public health officials predict the future spread of the disease and offer other analytical tools that could help better inform the state’s response efforts and future containment strategy. Based on current state-based modeling – which has not been publicly shared – the pandemic is unlikely to peak in Rhode Island until the end of the month at the earliest, according to Raimondo.

That means leaders are still very focused on responding to the disease, but the Salesforce deal shows Raimondo is starting to focus more on developing a containment strategy for the future. With no vaccination or approved treatment currently in place, leaders across the country are struggling to find a way to both protect the health of citizens and get them out of their homes and back to work.

“If I want to reopen this economy, it has to be more automated and scalable, so we’ve worked hard to build a system,” Raimondo said on Wednesday of contact tracing.

Rhode Island’s economy is on the brink, with COVID-19-related unemployment claims exceeding 135,000 since early March.

Harvard University economist Nicholas Mankiw, who chaired the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush, suggested that if the pandemic is somehow contained, employment could be restored. However, he cautioned that month-long closings would likely mean companies would close for good, which would result in fewer jobs for people looking to return to work.

“That decline could have a quick recovery,” Mankiw said last week during a discussion with Brown University President Christina Paxson. “That depends on how quickly the pandemic continues.”

Emerging strategies for opening up the economy without a vaccine or properly screened treatment include ubiquitous testing and retesting – along with some level of surveillance to help with contact tracing, quarantine, and isolation.

Harvard researchers suggest that an effective testing strategy would require retesting the entire population about every three to four days to control the disease, while another group said targeted contact tracing using technologies like Bluetooth might prove more efficient .

“There are strong arguments for using digital contact tracing in combination with other technological interventions to fight COVID-19, and there are reasons to believe that it does not require major privacy sacrifices for this technology to work,” the researchers wrote .

Other countries – including China, South Korea, Spain, and Thailand – have all implemented a mandatory and voluntary type of location tracking that has apparently worked with varying degrees of success.

Whether something similar could happen in Rhode Island in the future is not entirely clear, but leaders assure that any information that is ultimately collected will be protected by federal health care privacy laws that would also apply to Salesforce.

“The Salesforce platform is the channel,” said Wendelken. “There are confidentiality rules and requirements associated with this technology, just as there are when third parties process sensitive information or health information for the state.”

Bluetooth technology is currently not mentioned in the contract with Salesforce. And “GPS upload and automation” is outside the scope of duties that the company has taken on for the state. However, the contract makes it clear that such work can be carried out on request.

Chirag Patel, director of enterprise applications and IT for the state’s information technology division, leads development work for Rhode Island. He told The Providence Journal last week that GPS tracking is not currently part of the mission. Raimondo previously told reporters it was too early to tell. When asked for clarification, Raimondo spokesman Josh Block said both statements were true.

“Current planning does not include the use of GPS tracking technology,” Block wrote in an email. “But it is too early to say if we could look into this as this situation evolves.”

Eli Sherman (esherman@wpri.com) is an investigative reporter for WPRI 12. Connect with him on Twitter and Facebook.

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SAN FRANCISCO, August 10, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Stuf, a next-generation self-storage company offering easy-to-access and “right next door” storage facilities, announced two new locations today in. famous San Francisco and Oakland, California. Stuf works with commercial property owners to monetize vacant space in buildings, create new cash flow opportunities, while providing neighborhoods with a safe, warm, and welcoming environment to store personal items, business inventory, and more.

“The missing piece in self-storage, especially in densely populated areas like the Bay Area, is reliable and conveniently located options. By using underutilized space, we can provide facilities for all needs of locals and businesses nearby, ”says Co-Founder and CEO of Stuf, Katharine Lau. “On the other side of the same coin, our model enables new ways to monetize commercial real estate. Our mission at Stuf is to work with real estate owners to capitalize on the increasing shift to more flexible living and working, and how it leads to more flexible storage needs. “

Stuf is new San Francisco The self-storage location at 115 Sansome Street is owned by the Vanbarton Group. This will be the startup’s second location in town and act as a neighborhood warehouse for businesses and consumers to store everything from seasonal items and lightweight furniture to easily accessible inventory. Located in the heart of the financial district, Stuf’s newest location is in the basement of the approximately 118,000 square meter office building. The room was previously used as a warehouse for overflow buildings; However, Stuf is now generating a new source of income by using the unused space.

Stuf’s city center Oakland The location at 521 16th Street brings new life to a largely unused basement in an approximately 61,000 square foot office building. Since moving in and renovating, Stuf has been serving office tenants throughout the building, as well as neighboring small businesses and residents who need additional space, with its self-storage offer.

“Before Stuf moved in, our basement was underutilized,” says Westlake Realty Asset Manager, Jeffrey Bak. “Now our building has technology-enabled storage that is both welcoming and easily accessible, and our tenants are actually using it at levels. We believe this is a new and unique amenity that will greatly benefit office owners.”

In addition to new openings, Stuf currently also operates full-service self-storage in Brooklyn, New York, with locations in The angel, Washington, DC, and Manhattan should open at the end of 2021.

About Stuf
Stuf is a next-generation self-storage startup bringing modern, technology-enabled storage solutions to consumers. Stuf works with property owners to monetize basements, garages, and other spaces in commercial buildings, creating new cash flow opportunities while adding new amenities to neighborhoods. Whether you’re running out of space or looking for seasonal storage, Stuf prides itself on being the home for people’s possessions. Further information and team opportunities can be found at https://stufstorage.com.

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Given the severe impact of the global economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is a little surprising that there have been no further downsizing in the biopharmaceutical industry. As biopharmaceutical companies focus on efficiency and site closure, jobs are lost. Here is a look.

J&J closes South San Francisco location

Johnson & Johnson filed a WARN notice to California regulators announcing the closure of the South San Francisco facility. As part of the shutdown, 73 jobs will be relocated from the state, particularly to Titusville, New Jersey, if they agree to move. Otherwise, they will be fired.

The site is home to several divisions with the largest downsizing at Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, which J&J acquired in 2017. There are 36 marketing, administrative, and medical and scientific affairs positions. Other affected units are J&J Health Care Systems with five; Janssen Scientific Affairs, at 11; Janssen Pharmaceuticals at eight; J&J International with six; J&J Services with three; Janssen Global Services with two; and Johnson & Johnson with two.

“We are moving our US pulmonary hypertension office from San Francisco, California to Titusville, New Jersey to integrate our pulmonary hypertension business with the rest of our Janssen therapies, to foster closer collaboration to drive growth and innovation and to expand the career opportunities for our team members, ”stated the company. “No jobs will be lost as part of this transition. All employees whose roles are in scope will have the option to move and Janssen will provide assistance and cover the relocation costs for employees who choose to move to the East Coast. “

Roche Knocking Down Facility in Ireland

When it couldn’t find a buyer for its Clarecastle, Ireland manufacturing facility, Roche decided dismantle it. In addition to removing the 10 buildings and infrastructure on the 88 hectare site, the company is removing around 40,000 tons of waste identified at the site. This then requires more than 90,000 tons of backfilling.

Roche plans to complete the project by the end of 2024 and then follow it for three years to assess the “effectiveness of the restructuring process”.

The closure is one of four the company announced in 2015. Roche found buyers for factories in Italy, Spain and North Carolina, but could not find buyers for Ireland. The site employed 130 chemists, engineers, production and laboratory technicians, accountants, IT specialists and craftsmen.

Gilead cuts 178 jobs in California

On March 3rd Gilead Sciences submitted a WARNING to the state of California that effective May 30th, 178 jobs will be cut. Half of the 89 positions are expected to be relocated to the company’s new service center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The new North Carolina facility will employ 275 people when construction is completed in two years. Gilead reiterated that it is committed to maintaining its headquarters in Foster City, California. The company employs more than 13,000 people worldwide, more than half of them in California.

GlaxoSmithKline cuts 300 jobs

Mid-February based in Great Britain GlaxoSmithKline announced plans to cease production of antibiotics in the UK following a $ 500 million product sale to Novartis’ Sandoz division. GSK’s delivery commitment for Sandoz runs until 2025 but is preparing to close one location and downsize another. To cut 300 jobs.

Under the agreement, Dandoz will pay GSK 350 million to complete additional milestones of up to $ 150 million. The agreement includes worldwide rights to three cephalosporin antibiotics, Zinnat, Zinacef and Fortum, in more than 100 countries. Some of the rights are excluded in the US, Australia and Germany that were previously sold by GSK. GSK also maintains the rights of some brands in India, Pakistan, Egypt, Japan and China. At the time, GSK did not announce any specific downsizing, but stated that all 170 roles in the Zinnatt supply chain would be affected.

Amgen cuts mostly US sales jobs

Early february Amgen announced They eliminated hundreds of US jobs, most of them in the sales department. The company said the layoffs will allow Amgen to invest in other opportunities, including new product launches and research and development. The announcement was part of the financial statements for the fourth quarter and full year 2020, in which Amgen named sales growth of 9% of 25.4 billion US dollars. Profits were largely driven by volume growth but were offset by lower net selling prices and the pandemic.

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